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4th of July on Media Athletic Field (now Barrall Field)
Truck mounted with loudspeakers, from Charles A. Higgins Electrical Contractors, shown in foreground
4th of July on Media Athletic Field (now Barrall Field).
Athletic Events Committee of the Media Businessmen's Association. Left to right, back row: George Tipping, Franklin Worrilow, Lewis Young, ?, Jack Bromley. Front row: John Tipping, Frank Lees, Carl Mooney, Ray Worrall
500. Shopping Center. Looking south on 69th St., Upper Darby
View toward 69th Street Terminal.
501. Shopping center. Looking west on Market St. from about Kent Road, Upper Darby
69th Street Terminal is on right.
502. Transit. 69th St. Terminal, Upper Darby
506. Row, old. 500 block Millbank Rd., Stonehurst, Upper Darby Township
View is of driveway or alley in rear of houses.
509. Playground. Lansdowne Grade School
This is probably the East Lansdowne Elementary School.
512. Highway. Looking east on Baltimore Pike at cloverleaf, Lima.
The sign for the Clover Leaf Inn is on the right. The cloverleaf connects Route 352 (carried on the bridge) with Route 1.
513. Highway. Looking east on Baltimore Pike east of Chester Heights
Exact location uncertain.
514. Highway. Looking east on Baltimore Pike at Chester Heights
Valleybrook Road is just past the Esso gas station.
515. Roadside. On Baltimore Pike west of Chester Heights
Exact location uncertain. Besides selling various vegetables, one sign offers sales of breeding stock of chinchillas.
516. Roadside. Looking east on Baltimore Pike from west of Chester Heights
Exact location uncertain.
517. Highway. Looking east on Baltimore Pike at Concordville
Concordville Hotel is on the right.
518. Detached, sample. West of Concordville on Baltimore Pike at intersection of Conchester Highway.
Three sample houses with prices under $4,000, and no money down. Exact location unknown.
520. Roadside. On Baltimore Pike west of Concordville
Exact location uncertain.
521. Roadside stand. On Baltimore Pike east of 202.
Green Meadows Dairy Bar, offering "quality buttermilk, homemade ice cream," and "thick milk shakes". According to newspaper advertisements, this same building later housed Green Meadow Plants. It was just north (or east, as the caption reads) of Route 202 on Baltimore Pike.
522. Highway. Looking south on 202 just north of Baltimore Pike
Exact location uncertain.
523. Highway. Looking east on Baltimore Pike from Brandywine Bridge, Chadd's Ford.
This lumber-yard, a former mill, later became home of the Brandywine River Museum.
525. Open. East of 202, on Dilworthtown Rd., looking east, Thornbury Township
Exact location uncertain.
526. Detached, new. Dilworthtown and Brinton Lake roads, Thornbury Township
527. Shopping. Thornton
Sign reads: "Quaker Friendly Food Stores"
528. Detached, new. Near Thornton
Exact location uncertain.
532. Highland Homes. Wayne
These buildings, which were low-income housing, no longer stand.
533. Highway. Providence Rd. north of Sandy Bank School, Upper Providence Township.
Shows children crossing the road to get to the Sandy Bank School.
536. Open. On Providence Rd., south of Edgmont
Shows open land in Edgmont Township. Exact location uncertain.